DocentDoings

25 Docents and Staff attended this year's Holiday Lunch held (again) at TonyP's Dockside Grill in Marina Del Rey on December 17th. President Carolyn Welcoming Video-

From President Carolyn: LoL!  Yes, that's what I am, all right.  I'm not sure if Austin or Lindsay told you already, but three of us volunteers at IP got fossil insects named after us!  Soldier Beetles, to be exact, from the Oligocene (25-20 m.y.o.). A couple of years ago I helped Lindsay and Erica out with their fossil insect collection; it included photographing some 80 year old docs, data entry and annotating online photos.  I even did some German translations from original journal articles.  That project ended last year, but an Italian Invert Paleontologist was doing his own research using the same collection.  He worked with Lindsay to gather info on our specimens, looked at online data and photos, and was able to come up with some new species.  Lindsay got equal credit on his published paper.  He wanted to further thank the NHM and IP, and asked for the names of some volunteers.  Lindsay sent him three; myself, Lidia Lustig and David Bradbury. Lo and behold,

In lieu of the DRT field Trip previously planned for the Chen Galleries in Torrance, now closed for renovations, our docents visited LACMA to view the Animals in Japanese Art exhibit on November 19, 2019 with lunch afterwards at the Drago Restaurant at the nearby Peterson Museum on Wilshire Blvd.: Mary's Pics- A doggy sculpture and a rabbit hand warmer. The small metal rabbit is an incense holder. Don's Pics- Else's Pics- L A Times Article November 25, 2019- Review: From sacred monkeys to mysterious cats, marvelous 'Animals in Japanese Art' at LACMA www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2019-11-25/animals-japanese-art-lacma-review Do animals play such a pervasive role in the art of any other culture? Exquisite examples power an exhibition on view at LACMA through Dec. 8.